Display chest for silverware, etc.



July 5, 1938. R. w. Dr-:UMMQNDl ET AL DISPLAY CHEST FOR SILVERWARE, ETC

Filed Aug, 21l 1935 INVENTOR s BY 514,4. a@

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Patented July 5,'1938 l y y y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,122,731; iDISPLAY cnns'r ron smvEawAnE, ETC.

Robert W. Drummond, Oneida, and Max Rogers, Earlvilie, N. Y., assignorsto Oneida Limited, Oneida, N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationAnm: 21, 1935, sensi No. 37,128 1 0mm. (ci. zoo- 4o This inventionrelates to improvements in While the chest is open for display itsinterior chests designed primarily for use with silver and and itscontents would'bc exposed to the objecsilver plated flatware articlesand for use by dealtive effects ofthe atmosphere and, as to silver orers in the display of suclr articles to their trade.- silverplatedarticles, tov its` tarnishing effect, un-

'I'he object of the present invention is to proless protected therefrom.These atmospheric 5 vide a chest in which such articles may besatiseifects, however, are avoided by vthe present infactorily displayedby the dealer and one in which vention by the provision of covers 8, 9,each conthey and the interior of the chest itself will be SiSting f aframe in Which iS Seil a pene of trans-f protected from the dust of theatmosphere and parent material I0, il, respectively, these panes thearticles also be protected from the tarnishing being preferably ofnon-frangible material such 10 effect of the gaseous elements of thelatter. as sheets of cellulose acetate, which is also pre- Generallystated the chest provided byy the ferred because of its non-inflammablenature. present invention is one comprising a. body por- These coversare readily removable from the tion for containing and displaying someof the body and lid to provide for convenient access to articles andalso a lid portion for containing and the contents thereof and theremoval of such 15 'displaying others of the articles, the body andcontents and their replacement by other articles. lid portions beinghinged together so that they A matter of considerable importance,however, may be opened for such display andl each of them is thecharacter of the fit between the covers and y provided with a. removabletransparent cover the body andlid. This. 8S Shown and as contemthroughwhich the articles Within lit; may be plated by the present inVentiOn,is a. close one, s0 20 Viewed, these covers, when in plee@ on the bodymuch so as to prevent the entrance of dust into portion or lid,protecting the contents thereof A the body and lid and also the entrancetherein against 'the dust Aand tarnishing eirect or the atof thetarnish-producing eases 0f the atmosphere,

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mosphere. y particularly where, as here, the bottoms of the .25 In theaccompanying drawingbody and lid are lined with soft, yielding matevFigure 1 -isa perspective View of the chest rial i2 with which the inneredges of the covers opened; I. contact in their closed position.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, also What is claimed is:

opened; A display chest comprising a body and a lid -Figure 3 is aperspective view of the removable hinged thereto. the' lid being aSubstantial dupli- 30 protective cover for the body of the chest; enteof le body, the body being formed With a Figure 4 a fragmentarycross-section of the bottom and up'sinding Side and end Walls of same,on an enlarged scale, and considerable depth, a soft, yieldable liningwithin Figure 5 a perspective view of the removable the body at thebottom thereof and e bodily SeD- protective cover for the lid of thechest. arable and removable Cover for the body, said 35 Referring tosaid drawing, represents th'e cover comprising a frame open at itsbottom and body and 2 the 11d of the chest, theA two being having sideand end walls of considerable depth hinged at 3 (Fig. 2) and the openingdisplay withatop oi' transparent, substantially non-franmovemenf; of the11d 2 being limited by a tape gibleand non-readily-infiammable material,the

40 connection 4 between it and the body I (Fig. 2). Cover fitting Withinthe body 8nd having its Sides 40 The body i is provided interiorly withe, rack 5 and ends making close, dust-excluding contact for receivingthe articles to be displayed therein with the sides and ends of thebody, with its bot-v and the lid is-provided on its under or inner sidetom edges engaging and making Close, atm0S with racks 6, 1, forreceiving the articles to be Phono-excluding Contact With the Soft.Yieidable displayed' therein, such display occurring, of lining 0f thebody. 45

course, only as and when the dealer desires it. At other times the iidis swung down to closing ROBERT W DRUMMON'D- position. y MAX ROGERS.

